Salsa Radio Stations

Salsa music is a general term which refers to popular latin dance music. The term itself originated in new york city during the 1970s. Salsa incorporates various musical genres such as the cuban son montuno, guaracha, chachacha and mambo as well as the puerto rican bomba and plena. Stylistically, salsa is mainly cuban son which itself is a combination of popular spanish song form and guitars with afro-cuban percussion. Salsa is primarily Cuban son, itself a fusion of Spanish canción and guitar and Afro-Cuban percussion, merged with North American music styles such as jazz. Salsa also occasionally incorporates elements of rock, R&B, and funk. All of these non-Cuban elements are grafted onto the basic Cuban son montuno template when performed within the context of salsa.

The first salsa bands were predominantly “Cubans and Puerto Ricans” who moved to New York since 1930’s. The music eventually spread throughout Colombia and the rest of the Americas. Ultimately, it became a global phenomenon. Some of the founding salsa artists were Johnny Pacheco (the creator of the Fania All-Stars), Ray Barretto, Rubén Blades, Willie Colón, Larry Harlow, Roberto Roena, Bobby Valentín, Eddie Palmieri, and Héctor Lavoe.

Down Memory Lane represents popular oldies music, mainly plays old pop songs along together varieties of musical programs and a good list of songs. Our radio station will take you to a golden musical journey. If the player above doesn’t start correctly you might want to reload the page.Read more…